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If we model after-tax household income with a normal distribution , then the figures of a study imply the information in the following table. Assume that the distribution of incomes in each country is normal. \table[[Country,Country A,Country B,Country C,Country D,Country E],[Mean Household Income,$11,000,$40,000,$13,000,$12,000,$34,000
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